Group portrait with thirty men, women and children standing and sitting outside. The women have skirts and blouses on while most of the men have suits and hats on. In the background is a light pole, trees, and the corner of a building.

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Group portrait with thirty men, women and children standing and sitting outside. The women have skirts and blouses on while most of the men have suits and hats on. In the background is a light pole, trees, and the corner of a building.

"John Henry Fitzsimonds, son of Henry Fitzsimonds and Catherine Morrison was born at Ornstown, Quebec on Sept. 9, 1849. He was married to Eleanor Johnstone at Haliburton, Ont., and came in 1890 to farm in Hyde Park. Later they moved to the J.D. Gordon farm near Leroy. He was an active farmer raising potatoes, grain, horses, hogs and registered cattle and at one time operated 5 steam engine threshing machines. Mr. Fitzsimonds passed away in 1931 and his wife in 1927. Both are buried in the Hyde Park Cemetery. They were the parents of 7 children: Alex, Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Newell), James, William, Mary Ellen (Mrs. Arthur O'Keefe), Annie and Robert." "The John Johnstones were married in 1872 in Minden, Ontario, and came to the Hyde Park area in 1889 where they farmed. Mr. Johnstone died shortly after settling on the farm. Mrs. Johnstone passed away in 1932. Their children were Annie (Mrs. Wm. Blair), Mary (Mrs. Tom Chambers), Francis (Mrs. Wesley Hoover), Hannah, Alex, William, and Robert. Mr. And Mrs. Johnstone were buried in the Hyde Park Cemetery." "Thomas Chambers was born in Ontario April 12, 1866. He married Mary Johnstone who was born in Ontario on November 7, 1878. They moved to Hyde Park in 1903 where Mr. Chambers was proprietor of the country store and post office until Rural Free Delivery was established by the government and mail was delivered by carrier from the Neche Post Office."